Absolute Training & Consulting

Absolute training and consulting links-up impact investors and funds with investment opportunities in SME segment in emerging markets. We support our clients identify and tap into investment opportunities by connecting them with viable, scalable and sustainable SME ventures that align with their investment goals and objectives. Our decade and half experience of impact investing, technical support and business advisory to SME ventures and entrepreneurs, enables us source for good fit businesses in high impact sectors that create significant social, economic and environmental impact such as: poverty alleviation, improved livelihoods, creating and sustaining jobs especially for youth and women, access to safe and clean water and sanitation, combating & mitigating climate change as well as gender lens investments. Impact investors can leverage on our large network of entrepreneurs, intermediaries and SME community for quality deal origination and construction of client portfolios to effectively execute investment strategies in the following high impact sectors: • Health care • Education • Manufacturing • Renewable Energy • Agri processing • Water and sanitation • Climate change Mitigation and adaptation We help impact investors achieve their fund mandate by outsourcing the following Investment management functions throughout the investment cycle: • Deal sourcing and origination • Client due diligence • financial analysis and cash flow forecast/modelling • Credit risk analysis, • Portfolio management, • Fund performance, impact measurement and reporting. We also offer technical support and training to SME entrepreneurs to build capacity by offering pre- investment business support to make them investment ready. Our post investment support entails helping entrepreneurs in Business operations analysis and strategic advice in cash flow management, identifying risks, de-risking operations, Evaluating ESG practices and supporting them implement proposed measures.